The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-17
BIRTH OF WORLDS FAIRS.
HOW NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL Elk
HIBITIoNs ORIGINATED.
Tho Idea French One-A Brief
Synopsis OF the Various Great
Worlds Fairs.

d'Aveze, a Frenchman, who promoted
and carried TO successful issue an eXhi-
bition devoted TO the national industry
of France in the year 1897. During the
troubles of the French Revolution the
Marquis found that the royal manufacto-
ries at Sevrcs and Gobelins had suffered Sc
verely, and that the workmen were want
ing bread, though the warehouses were
full of the choicest tapestry, china and
rich wares. 1t occurred to him that il
would be practicable to sell these products
in a bazaar, and in few days the walls Of
the chateau of st. Cloud were gay with
hangings, the floors bright with carpets,
the tables richly laden with china and
biiouteric, and the saloons glittered with
the large and beautiful vases, the mag
niticent groups, and the exquisite pictures
of Sevres china. The Chamber of Mars
was converted into q receptacle for por-
celain, where could be seen the most
beautiful services of every kind. In the
centre of the saloon, surrounded by all
these beauties, was a wheel of fortune,
containing lottery tickets eventually TO
be drawn. The holder of every ticket
obtained prize of greater or less value.
The price of each ticket was twelve
francs It was decided that the opening
should take place in July, 1897, but pre-
vious TO that time a number of dis
tinguished persons in Paris and many
foreigners visited the exhibition and made
purchases sufficient to afford distribu-
tion to the workmen of the different
manufactures, thus yielding a little tenn
porary relief TO their necessities.
The fame of the forthcoming exhibi-
tion inspired the citizens of Paris with
eager desire and they anticipated with
impatience the day fixed for public ad-
mission to st. Cloud. The courtyard
was filed with elegant equipages, whose
owners graced the saloons of the exhi-
bition, when the Marquis received an
official notice from the Minister to at
tend him Immediately and to defer the
opening of the exhibition. The Minis
issued an order to close the chateau. Al
ready on the walls of the city was pla-
carded the decree of the Directory for the
expulsion of the nobility with an order
for their retirement within twenty-four
hours to distance of at least ninety
miles from Paris and this under pain of
death. The barriers were strictly guarded,
aud it was impossible to pass them with
ont an order from the commandant. As
the Marquis was one of the nobility he
was included in this ban, but he found
no difficulty in explaining his position
to the Minister and the Marshal. He was
furnished with a company of dragons
for the protection of the chateau in
which so many precious objects were de-
posted. The Marquis caused an inven-
tory to be made of the valuables in the
chateau and then closed the gates and
delivered the keys to NJ. Marechau,
the keeper, IN compliance with the order
of the Minister. He posted the COM
pany of dragons around the chateau and
hastened to obey the decree of the pre-
scription. Thus lamentably ended the
first attempt to institute National Ex-
hibition of Manufactures, Arts and In
dustries.
The next year, however, when the
Marquis returned from banishment. a
similar bazaar was organized and held in
the house and grounds of the Maison
D'Orsay, the success of which was so
great that the government adopted the
idea of instituting them annually. Fate
and the exigencies of continental politics.
however, willed otherwise, and the next
exhibition did not take place till the year
1901. Upon this occasion quadrangle
OF the Louvre was used, and the greatest
success attended the experiment. SINH
lar exhibitions, devoted exclusively to
eRfench made goods. took place in. 1902,
1906, 1919, 1928, 1884, 1889, 1874, and
1S49. The last was esteemed the most
splendid and successful of any hitherto
held in Paris. 1t took place in a tempo
rary palace erected in the Champ Elysees.
which covered more than five acres of
ground. There were 4,494 exhibitors.
and the productions were considered as
evidencing decided advance on every
thing of the kind before exhibited.
The Bavarian and Belgian governments
were quick to note the tremendous impe-
--tttis- given to French industry, and during
the years 1S4S, 1s49 and 1850, they in
stituted industrial exhibitions in imita-
tion of those of France, and they were at
tended with great success and popular
ity.
In Spain, also, national exhibitions of
Spanish industry have been held with
more or less success. The first Indus
trial Bazaar was held in 1927. and had
297 exhibitors; the second in 1928. with
800 exhibitors; the third in 1881. with
22s exhibitors; the fourth in 1s41. with
PA exhibitors, and the fifth in 1s47
when 1926 exhibitors represented the
genius, trade, and industry of Spanish
manufactures.
. 1t was not until the Great Exhibition
OF the Industry of All Nations was held
IN Hyde Park, London, during the wear
1851 that the French idea took THOROUGH
root in English soil. The plan of the
French exhibitions, although generally
adopted, was much amplifed, for Lon
don invited tie cooperation of the whole
world. This, then, can truly be said to
be the first Worlds Fair. Heretofore
the exhibitions had been contributed TO
only by the people of the countries in
which they were held This great
Worlds Fair was held in a magnificent
palace, especially designed for the pur-
pose by Joseph Paxton, and proved a
very marked financial success.
The Paris and Vienna exhibitions are
we'll within the recollection of our own
time and call for no special reference.
Important commercial results followed
the Austrian exhibition of 1873 and the
French exhibition Of 1878. Australian
and New Zealand exhibitions have done
their part in the cause of commercial pro
gress, and the exhibition of the Algerian